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There’s an old saying in the biofuels industry: “You can make anything from lignin except money.” But now, a new study may pave the way to challenging that adage. The study from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrates a concept that provides opportunities for the successful conversion of lignin into a variety of renewable fuels, chemicals, and

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Two scientists at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have been included in Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Research list for the thousands of citations of their work by fellow researchers over the past decade.The Highly Cited Researcher list represents some of the world’s leading scientific minds. Researchers earned the distinction by writing the greatest numbers of reports officially designated

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Here at RMI we love seeing electricity generated by the sun. And while it’s great to see large homes owned by the likes of Woody Harrelson and Will Ferrell being solar-powered, rooftop solar should be accessible to people across the socio-economic spectrum of the U.S., not just the one percent. But putting solar on all of these different roofs is

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Some Chinese Tesla Model S owners are taking a big road trip using China’s still-nascent charging network. Actually, they will be installing charging stations along the way. This article about it is in Chinese if you happen to read Chinese. Hopeless with Chinese, I stuck it into Google Translate. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make the read much easier. As an example,

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Public transportation represents one of the greatest opportunities to get costs and carbon emissions with hybrid and electric vehicles. In London, Business Green reports that the city has begun trials of four fast-charging wireless hybrid buses. The Alexander Dennis Enviro400H uses a diesel-electric drivetrain coupled with wireless inductive charging that enables the bus to operate in mostly in all-electric mode.

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The renewable energy industry is expected to see a significant slowing over the next five years, according to the International Energy Agency, unless political and policy uncertainty is dealt with.These were the findings from the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) third annual Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report, released Thursday. According to the report, global renewable energy generation is expected to rise

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Even though buyers in the US are still waiting on the release of the first version of Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV, it appears that the European market is already set to receive a new variant of the model.The new variant will, reportedly, be a “van” of sorts — though apparently not in the “traditional sense of a purpose-built goods-hauler.”The van version

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Listening to the percentages, it sounds like America’s usage of green energy sources made strong gains during the first half of 2014. They supplied 10.4% more electricity than last year. Utility scale solar is up almost 116%. Renewable electricity is up 14%, but are we winning? Graph depicting selected electricity sources, renewable electricity is up 14% overall, drawn using EIA statistics, June

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Favorable regulatory measures have rekindled international interest in India’s renewable energy sector, with several companies like GE Energy Financial Services and Goldman Sachs making significant investments over the last few years.Joining the bandwagon is Shanghai-based Hareon Solar, which has announced plans to install 150 MW solar power capacity over the next two years. The Chinese solar panels manufacturer has teamed

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Volvo’s plug-in 7900 Electric Hybrid bus will be officially launched in September, at the International IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Germany, according to recent reports.The International IAA Commercial Vehicles show will be held from September 25th through October 2nd at the city’s exhibition center.According to Volvo — as compared against a conventional diesel bus, the plug-in 7900 Electric Hybrid

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